Comments on: 5 More Cleantech Stories of the Week http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/04/5-more-cleantech-stories-of-the-week/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/04/5-more-cleantech-stories-of-the-week/#comment-100504 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=27951#comment-100504 Interesting one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/04/5-more-cleantech-stories-of-the-week/#comment-100481 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 23:58:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=27951#comment-100481 Something that I found interesting…

“New Hampshire-based SustainX has received US$14.4 million from GE
Energy Financial Services and other investors to continue developing its
compressed air energy storage technology.
….According to the company, SustainX
technology keeps air at a nearly constant temperature during
compression and expansion; this significantly improves efficiency and
reduces the cost of compressed-air energy storage below that of other
above-ground energy-storage options.”http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/06/ge-funds-storage-developmentThat’s the first I’ve seen of a major corporation like GE putting money into large scale storage.   For GE, this is a four-way play.  They already are a major wind turbine manufacturer, they just announced that they are entering the thin-film solar business and just released a new gas turbine which is optimized for solar/wind backup. Two CA utilities are pursuing new pump-up hydro projects in the Sierra Foothills, so perhaps people see storage needs ahead, and some see profits to be made

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